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Recent multimodal large language models (MLLMs) have shown strong capabilities in general video understanding, driving growing interest in automatic sports commentary generation. However, existing benchmarks for this task focus exclusively…

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The rapid evolution of large language models (LLMs) has expanded their capabilities from basic dialogue to advanced scientific reasoning. However, existing benchmarks in biology often fail to assess a critical skill required of researchers:…

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Large language models (LLMs) hold considerable potential for advancing scientific discovery, yet systematic assessment of their dynamic reasoning in real-world research remains limited. Current scientific evaluation benchmarks predominantly…

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